Certified as a Master Bladesmith by the American Bladesmith Society, Bob Kramer is one of the only Master Bladesmiths in the world specializing in kitchen cutlery. Put simply, Kramer is King of the Kitchen Knife. As such, Bob Kramer has seen the knife from every angle—as a chef, a professional knife sharpener, and a Master Bladesmith.

Although he is most widely recognized for his blades, Bob is also an expert on sharpening. In that spirit, he has collaborated with Zwilling to create the Kramer by Zwilling sharpening collection.

In order to maximize the performance of any knife, it is very important that the edge be properly cared for. Retooling your knives’ edges by hand may seem daunting to a beginner, but with Kramer’s help many describe the experience as relaxing and gratifying. Keeping your blades sharp not only makes the cook’s most important tool easier to use, sharpening makes knives safer.

Used for centuries in barbershops, the stropping block is the best way to finish the edge of a knife or razor. A stropping block maintains the knife’s edge between sharpening making it a useful and convenient tool to have around.

Certified as a Master Bladesmith by the American Bladesmith Society, Bob Kramer is one of the only Master Bladesmiths in the world specializing in kitchen cutlery

Kramer is King of the Kitchen Knife

Kramer has seen the knife from every angle—as a chef, a professional knife sharpener, and a Master Bladesmith

Although he is most widely recognized for his blades, Bob also has an incredible amount of passion and expertise about sharpening

Kramer has collaborated with Zwilling to create the Kramer by Zwilling sharpening collection

This incredible assortment offers our customers a sharpening and polishing option to fit every skill level

Maximize the performance of your knives

Retooling your knives’ edges by hand may seem daunting to a beginner, but with Kramer’s help many describe the experience as relaxing and gratifying

Keeping your blades sharp not only makes the cook’s most important tool easier to use, sharpening makes cutting, chopping, and slicing safer too

Used for centuries in barbershops, the stropping block is the best way to finish the edge of a knife or razor

Stropping block maintains the knife’s edge between sharpening making it a useful and convenient tool to have around

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Companion Products

Bob Kramer Replacement Stropping Leather

$24.95

Value: $31.00

Certified as a Master Bladesmith by the American Bladesmith Society, Bob Kramer is one of the only Master Bladesmiths in the world specializing in kitchen cutlery. Put simply, Kramer is King of the Kitchen Knife. As such, Bob Kramer has seen the knife from ...
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Does the leather stropping board benefit from the use a stropping compound? If yes, is the compound available from Sur La Table?Thanks

A shopper on May 30, 2012

Best Answer:While I am sure it would not hurt anything to use a stropping compound, we unfortunatley to do not currently carry that product. We do have replacement stropping leather however and I have attached that link to this response